Instant dashi powder (hondashi)
顆粒だし / ほんだし hondashi
- Flavor and role
- Instant stock granules with a bonito flavour. Just dissolve in water to make dashi.
- Typical dishes and uses
- Oyakodon, miso soup, rolled omelette, yakisoba, nabe
- Substitutes
- 1 tsp hondashi (in 500ml water) = 500ml stock made with 10g bonito flakes + 5g kombu, or 1 tsp anchovy dashida (Korean anchovy stock powder; or fish stock powder).
- Storage
- Once opened, keep airtight at dry room temperature for 6 months to 1 year.
- Main countries
- Japan
Updated 2026-10-10